Reviews tagging 'Murder'

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

57 reviews

jkmfrog's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting

charlietuna92's review

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A love letter to metal music dressed up as a thriller. Worth the read, but definitely not my favorite from Hendrix. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder

andsheewas's review

3.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault

sara_mann0718's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ending was a bit underwhelming, but the writing is so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

mortiffa's review

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

jinnu1193's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Alcohol

ccourt's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Definitely one of Hendrix’s more abstract stories. Follow Kris (or Deidre) as she takes the journey of her life and takes back her music. 

Not going to lie, Hendrix lost me a few times but I got back on track relatively fast. I wasn’t the biggest fan of how Kris thought sometimes (it all seemed to be about her), but I really liked the bits and pieces that tied all the characters together, specifically the girl and the pit bull puppy and Bobbie. 

I didn’t really know why Melanie was included at first but I loved the addition of her in the end. I wish she had ended up in Kris’s life, but I love that Melanie’s story is starting the way Kris’s did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit

Minor: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

novellearts's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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3.25/5 stars, rounded down to match Goodreads.

I enjoyed the gore, suspense, and drama but something about this didn't connect with me. I think if I had enjoyed the characters more, this would've drawn me in stronger than it did. This unfortunately felt lacking although I thought it did a great job at being horror.

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5049050942
Fable Review: https://fable.co/review/0ed06cae-9642-40d8-b2e0-9869bfc229af/share

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

sarahastrid3's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

litavalentine's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I think there are through lines of misogyny in this book that kept me from fully enjoying it, and some things just rubbed me the wrong way with regards to Tuck (basically the only Black character). Kris, though I did like her, very much felt like a female main character written by a man.

Regardless, I did enjoy it, and I'm glad I read it. Weird and a little gross and a little silly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Alcohol